Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy: Causes and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth

About the Authors.

About the Contributors.

Preface: The Defining Legacy of Our Generation.

Introduction: Being All That We Can Be.

Section One The Causes: Social and Economic Pressures.

Forming the New World.

Demographic Trends: America the Old.

Ethnic Philanthropy in the Face of Major Demographic Change in the Twenty-First Century.

Women and the Wealth Transfer.

Philanthropy with Less Than Nine Zeros: The Philanthropic Participation of the Middle Class and the Next Generations.

The Next Generation Takes the Controls: Philanthropic, Structural and Investment Considerations for Establishing Foundations for the Wealthy Individual.

The Evolution of the Tactical Philanthropist.

It Really Is a Small World after All: Globalization and Philanthropy.

Section Two The Effects: The New World Meets the Old Ways.

Listening to the Critics: Who Is Actually Transferring What?

Family Foundation Formation.

The Rise of Donor Advised Funds.

New Philanthropy Has Arrived—Now What?

Work for a Giving: Anticipating the Future of Corporate Employee Involvement Programs.

Planned Giving: Risks and Rewards in a Competitive Marketplace.

The Inf luence of Women Philanthropists.

The Nonprof it as a Business Enterprise: Adapting to the Expanding Philanthropic Market.

Philanthropic Solutions: Better Capacity for More Complex Times.

Technology Ascendant: Connecting the Philanthropist with Philanthropy.

Section Three The Impacts: Shifts, Adjustments, and Realignments.

Expansion of the Nonprof it Sector: Bigger, for Sure.

But Is That Better?

Flexing Economic Muscles: The Nonprof it Sector and Economic Growth.

Committees of Discernment: A Strategy for a Shared Vision for Philanthropy.

Markets for International Development.

Analysis of Philanthropy for Science and Technology Part I: Pasteur’s Quadrant.

Analysis of Philanthropy for Science and Technology Part II: Opportunities in Funding Science and Technology.

When Philanthropy Isn’t Just About Philanthropy: Cause-Related Marketing and Cause-Branding.

Going to Scale: Realizing the Potential of the New Philanthropy.

Private Philanthropy and Government: Friends or Foes?

The Political Dimensions of Change: Philanthropy as Power in the Corridors of Foreign Policy.

Section Four The Reactions: New Rules for a New World.

The Tax Man Cometh: Should Nonprof its Pay?

We the People: Public Trust and Expectations.

American Philanthropy and the Drive for Results: A Plea from the World of Ideas.

When Charities Behave Badly: State Attorneys General on the Case.

Money Moves on the Nonprof it Dance Floor: The Consequences of a Faster Tempo.

Index.